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> From: Intel-wired-lan <[email protected]> On
> Behalf Of Alexander Lobakin
> Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 4:40 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] net: intel:
> Use *-y instead of *-objs in Makefile
> 
> From: Alexander Lobakin <[email protected]>
> Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 16:39:21 +0200
> 
> > From: Andy Shevchenko <[email protected]>
> > Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 17:25:31 +0300
> >
> >> On Wed, May 08, 2024 at 03:35:26PM +0200, Alexander Lobakin
> wrote:
> >>>> *-objs suffix is reserved rather for (user-space) host
> programs
> >>>> while usually *-y suffix is used for kernel drivers (although
> >>>> *-objs works for that purpose for now).
> >>>>
> >>>> Let's correct the old usages of *-objs in Makefiles.
> >>>
> >>> Wait, I was sure I've seen somewhere that -objs is more new and
> >>> preferred over -y.
> >>
> >> Then you are mistaken.
> >>
> >>> See recent dimlib comment where Florian changed -y to -objs for
> >>> example.
> >>
> >> So does he :-)
> >>
> >>> Any documentation reference that -objs is for userspace and we
> >>> should clearly use -y?
> >>
> >> Sure. Luckily it's documented in
> Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst
> >> "Composite Host Programs" (mind the meaning of the word
> "host"!).
> >
> > Oh okay, I see. `-objs` is indeed only mentioned in the host
> chapter.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin <[email protected]>
> 
> Thanks,
> Olek

Reviewed-by: Aleksandr Loktionov <[email protected]>

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